52 Years Ago Today Picture via the Marcus Rice blog: On February 22, 1960, thirty-four students from the local historically black college sought to integrate the segregated lunch counter of Thalhimers Department Store and they were arrested. Just two days prior to that, 200 VUU students staged an initial protest, which had ended quietly in [...]
via the Friends of Shockoe Hill Cemetery: On December 30th, former Friends of Shockoe Hill Cemetery President, Doug Welsh, reported the loss of one of our grave stones, the Sammani sculpture. The sculpture was of 16 year old, Aloysius Gibbons Carr, who died of Typhoid Fever in 1890. Within days of our theft, the Hebrew [...]
A reader reports that the 2nd Street Post office is going to be closed. This should come as no surprise, but will disappoint a lot of snail mail users. Just visited the PO on N. 2nd St. 23219 branch is definitely going to be closed & the ppl there reassigned to Main PO on 7th [...]
via the Progress Index: PETERSBURG – Award winning actor, director, and producer Tim Reid presents “Tim Reid’s Movie Night”, a series of events that will be showcasing independent films from the U.S. and around the world. To be scheduled once a month, an independent film will be shown in both Richmond and Norfolk. When in [...]
There were no violent crimes reported for Greater Jackson Ward in today’s Daily Crime Report, but there were four of Lt. Hood’s least favorite crime. Lt. Hood has promised to stare at each one of you uncomfortably till you start locking your valuables OUT OF SIGHT! ‘Nuff said.
While there are serious incidents in the rest of the city, our neighborhoods continue to be quiet. There were only two property crimes listed for Greater Jackson Ward in today’s Daily Crime Report
via Facebook: When Friday, February 24, 2012 Time 7:30pm until 9:00pm Where 815 East Grace Street Richmond, VA 23219 How much? This concert is free and all are welcome.
This picture comes from Historic Photos of Virginia c. 2008 Located just south of Jackson Ward, a predominantly African American neighborhood in Richmond, S. J. Gilpin’s shoe store was one of many small businesses operated by blacks in the area. St. James Gilpin owned the store, located at 506 West Broad Street, when it was [...]
Unlike a previous review the RTD’s Dana Craig found it was all good in her review of Mansion five26.
The Virginia Historical Society is sponsoring a lecture on John Jasper this Thursday at noon. See the end of this post for details. John Jasper is another of those extraordinary people who emerged at the end of the Civil War to become part of Richmond’s Black aristocracy. He founded the Sixth Mount Zion Baptist Church and [...]
City to Hold Foster Parent Orientation on February 21 Richmond, VA – The City’s Department of Social Services will host a Foster Parent Orientation on Tuesday, February 21, at 6 p.m. in the department’s Marshall Street Plaza offices, 900 East Marshall Street. The orientation will detail what it takes to become a foster parent. Light refreshments will [...]
